Book Review: Later by Stephen King: Growing Up with Ghosts
By Rocky London |
Dismiss his output from the last few decades all you like: Stephen King is a master of sentence construction. And ...
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By Gordon S. Miller |
Tying in with Disney+'s WandaVision, Marvel has repackaged some of the duo's adventures in Vision & the Scarlet Witch: The ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 27: 1972-1974 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
As the Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing continue to collect The Complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould, Volume ...
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Book Review: Wolverine: Weapon X Omnibus by Cerasini, Mack, and Matthews
By Greg Hammond |
Wolverine: Weapon X Omnibus is a collection of three classic Logan, aka Wolverine of X-Men fame, novels from Titan Books. ...
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Book Review: For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Volume Five (1993-1996) by Lynn Johnston
By Chad Derdowski |
In 1995, I was a senior in high school and Michael Patterson was just starting college. While I wrote for ...
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Book Review: Corto Maltese: Mu, The Lost Continent by Hugo Pratt
By Steve Geise |
Italian comics star Hugo Pratt led a life that was nearly as adventurous as his most famous character, Corto Maltese. ...
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Book Review: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Crusader’s Curse by Stuart Douglas
By Greg Hammond |
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Crusader’s Curse (2020) by Stuart Douglas is the thirty-second entry in The Further Adventures of ...
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Book Review: Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Wings of Fury by Brittney Morris
By Greg Hammond |
Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Wings of Fury by Brittney Morris is a prequel to the video game Marvel Spider-Man: ...
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Book Review: Harry Dean Stanton: Hollywood’s Zen Rebel by Joseph B. Atkins
By Greg Hammond |
Harry Dean Stanton: Hollywood's Zen Rebel, by Joseph B. Atkins (University Press of Kentucky, 2020), is a carefully crafted tribute ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 15: 1953-1954 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
Chester Gould's Dick Tracy comic strip debuted on October 4, 1931 named after the lead character, a square-jawed, yellow-hat-and-jacket-wearing police detective. In ...
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Book Review: Maureen O’Hara: The Biography by Aubrey Malone
By Greg Hammond |
Maureen O'Hara: The Biography by Aubrey Malone (University Press of Kentucky - 2020) is a heartfelt biography of the screen ...
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Book Review: Serpentine by Philip Pullman
By Greg Hammond |
Serpentine, by Philip Pullman, is the latest entry into the author’s much lauded His Dark Materials. Coming in at fewer ...
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Book Review: The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway, edited by Una McCormack
By Greg Hammond |
The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway, by Una McCormack, is the third book in a series of planned Star Trek “autobiographies” ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry by Dan Curry and Ben Robinson
By Greg Hammond |
In Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry by Dan Curry and Ben Robinson, the reader is constantly reminded that ...
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Book Review: Blade Runner 2049 – Interlinked – The Art by Tanya Lapointe
By David Wangberg |
I remember back in 2017, after I had just exited the IMAX presentation of Blade Runner 2049, being absolutely stunned by ...
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Book Review: Joe Alves: Designing Jaws by Dennis Prince
By Gordon S. Miller |
Special make-up effects artist and The Walking Dead executive producer Greg Nicotero, who cites Steven Spielberg's Jaws as an inspiration for his becoming a ...
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Book Review: Alien: 40 Years 40 Artists by Various
By Mark Buckingham |
I took the opportunity to review Alien: 40 Years 40 Artists because I'm an Alien nut, then realized I don't really know anything about ...
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Book Review: Picturing Peter Bogdanovich: My Conversations with the New Hollywood Director by Peter Tonguette
By Rocky London |
Director Peter Bogdanovich is neither misunderstood nor unappreciated, I think. His claim to fame as a movie brat (though he might ...
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Book Review: Gramercy Park by Timothée de Fombelle and Christian Cailleaux
By Mat Brewster |
On top of a tall building stands a woman. She keeps bees. She talks to them. She loves them. Across ...
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Book Review: Run-Out Groove: Inside Capitol’s 1980s Hits & Stiffs by Dave Morrell
By Kit O'Toole |
In the 1980s, everything seemed bigger: the fashions, the drugs, the money, and even the sound of music. For Dave ...
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Book Review: Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes by Lun Zhang
By David Wangberg |
I was not even five years old when the events of Tiananmen Square took place in Beijing, China in 1989. ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Silver Age Sundays, Volume 2 (1963-1966)
By Chad Derdowski |
For more than 25 years, the Man of Steel fought for truth and justice in newspapers across the country, but ...
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Book Review: The Last Book on the Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History’s Most Notorious Serial Killers
By Darcy Staniforth |
Dark humor and dark subject matter seem to go hand in hand. Combine those things with the incredible illustrations of ...
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Book Review: For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Volume Four (1990-1993) by Lynn Johnston
By Chad Derdowski |
IDW and the Library of American Comics continue their tradition of collecting some of the finest comics in human history ...
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Book Review: Aliens: Phalanx by Scott Sigler
By Mark Buckingham |
I've been riding the Alien train for the better part of 40 years now, and through the franchises high points ...
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Book Review: Making Moon by Simon Ward
By Kent Conrad |
Hard sci-fi differentiates itself from the other kind by trying to follow the rules of physics and take place in ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 26: 1970-1972 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
As the Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing continue to collect The Complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould, Volume 26 presents the dailies ...
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Book Review: Cult Filmmakers: 50 Movie Mavericks You Need to Know by Ian Haydn Smith
By Gordon S. Miller |
Cult Filmmakers finds author Ian Haydn Smith shining the spotlight on 50 movie mavericks. The illustration on the cover by Kristelle ...
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Book Review: For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Volume Three (1986-1989) by Lynn Johnston
By Chad Derdowski |
From 1979 to 2008, Lynn Johnston showcased the joy and strife of family life in her award-winning newspaper strip, For Better ...
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Book Review: Treasures Retold: The Lost Art of Alex Toth
By Chad Derdowski |
Not too long ago, I had the pleasure of reviewing Alex Toth's Bravo For Adventure as well as Genius, Animated: The Cartoon Art ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Golden Age Dailies 1947-1949 by Alvin Schwartz, Wayne Boring, et al.
By generaljabbo |
Superman remains one of the most beloved and collected superhero characters of all time. Some of the rarest Superman collectibles ...
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Book Review: The Art of Godzilla: King of the Monsters by Abbie Bernstein
By Gordon S. Miller |
Abbie Bernstein takes readers behind the scenes with pre-production concept artwork and on-set photography from director/co-writer Michael Dougherty's Godzilla: King of ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through the Mirror by Tipton, Tipton, et. al.
By Gordon S. Miller |
In the Star Trek franchise, there is a parallel universe dubbed the "Mirror Universe" where the evil Terran Empire, which rules through ...
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Book Review: Strange Cures by Rob Zabrecky
By Darcy Staniforth |
A good magician is always a joy to witness, but when a magician can curate a full experience of amazing ...
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Book Review: The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection Vol. 5, 1985-1986 by Stan Lee, Floro Dery, and Dan Barry
By Steve Geise |
In its early years, the daily Spider-Man comic strip had typically followed a comfortable pattern of Spider-Man facing off against ...
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Book Review: The Complete Steve Canyon, Volume 9: 1963-1964 by Milton Caniff
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Library of American Comics continues publishing the adventures of Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon with Volume 9, which presents the ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 25: 1969-1970 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
As the Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing continue to collect The Complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould, Volume ...
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Book Review: First Man: The Annotated Screenplay by Josh Singer
By Gordon S. Miller |
As stated in my review of First Man, “director Damien Chazelle along with his cast and crew do an amazing ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 8 by John Byrne
By Gordon S. Miller |
As stated in my previous reviews of this book series, John Byrne and IDW Publishing are presenting the lost missions ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Silver Age Sundays, Volume 1 (1959-1963)
By Chad Derdowski |
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Maybe that's a bit much, but it's not ...
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Book Review: Hooked on Hollywood by Leonard Maltin
By Gordon S. Miller |
Leonard Maltin has made a career for himself out of his love of movies, starting as an unpaid freelance writer ...
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Best of 2018 Assorted Lists
By Shawn Bourdo |
From 2005 through 2012, I pretty consistently wrote my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog. It continued inconsistently through 2013 before being ...
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Book Review: Star Wars: The Complete Classic Newspaper Comics, Vol. 3
By Gordon S. Miller |
IDW/The Library of American Comics' presentation of the Star Wars newspaper comics concludes with Volume 3, which presents nine stories ...
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Book Review: Ray Harryhausen: The Movie Posters by Richard Holliss
By Chad Derdowski |
Words like “genius” or “literally” are tossed around a lot these days, to the point that they've lost most of ...
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Book Review: The Teenage Slasher Movie Book by J.A. Kerswell
By Kent Conrad |
Before the late '90s-early 2000s revival of horror as a mainstream money maker (thanks largely to Scream and the new ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 7 by John Byrne
By Gordon S. Miller |
As stated in my previous reviews of this book series, John Byrne and IDW Publishing are presenting the lost missions ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 24: 1967-1969 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
As the Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing continue to collect The Complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould, Volume ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: Lost Scenes by David Tilotta & Curt McAloney
By Gordon S. Miller |
Starting with the Original Series, the Star Trek franchise has had a long involvement in the publishing world, including James ...
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Book Review: For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Volume Two (1982-1986) by Lynn Johnston
By Chad Derdowski |
In 1978, after publishing a handful of humorous parenting books, Lynn Johnston was asked by Universal Press Syndicate if she'd ...
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Book Review: Star Hawks, Volume Three: 1979-1981 by Gil Kane and Archie Goodwin
By Mat Brewster |
Star Hawks was a science fiction/fantasy daily newspaper comic strip that ran from 1977 to 1981. It tried to ride ...
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